Tag: Holy Synod

Consecration of new-elected Bishop of Toplica Arsenije (Glavcic)

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 27, 2014

Church of Serbia - 27/8/14 The consecration of the newly-elected Bishop of Toplica will take place at the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in ... Read More

New Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 21, 2014

21/8/14 On 18 August 2014, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church was held in the Synodal Hall of the ... Read More

OCA Holy Synod issues updated background check guidelines

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- August 9, 2014

  SYOSSET, NY - August 2014 At their most recent meeting held March 18-21, 2014, the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops, in conjunction ... Read More

Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church Condemns ‘Barbaric Acts’ Against Christians in Iraq

OCP- July 28, 2014

Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East - 28/7/14 The Holy Synod of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, presided by ... Read More

Statement of the Arab Orthodox Clergy of Jerusalem on Reforming the Patriarchate

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- July 28, 2014

Statement of the Arab Orthodox Clergy for Revival - 28/7/14 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit We denounce Israel's ... Read More

Sentence announced in Archbishop Seraphim case

OCP- July 13, 2014

SYOSSET, NY - July 2014 The Orthodox Church of America has learned that the retired Archbishop Seraphim (Storheim) was sentenced today—Wednesday, July 9, 2014—to eight ... Read More

The Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod of Antioch Condemns World’s Silence About Terrorism Against Syria

OCP- July 10, 2014

10/7/14 The participants in the Holy Synod of Antioch in Lebanon denounced the silence of the world over the terrorist crimes committed against the Syrian ... Read More

Holy Synod to elect new Ukrainian Orthodox Church leader on August 13

OCP- July 10, 2014

Kiev, July 8, Interfax – The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church made the decision to elect its new leader on August 13. “The ... Read More

Biography of new-elected Bishop of Toplica Archimandrite Arsenije (Glavcic)

OCP- July 6, 2014

Church of Serbia - July 2014 The new-elected Bishop of Toplica Arseny (Glavcic), Vicar Bishop of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej, was born on March 10, ... Read More

Holy Synod of Antioch stresses need to unite efforts to end crisis in Syria and save Iraq

OCP- July 2, 2014

1/7/14 Beirut, SANA – The Holy Synod of Antioch in Lebanon highlighted the need to join efforts to put an end to the crisis in ... Read More

Patriarch John X on “Antiochian Unity: Its Dimensions and Exigencies”

OCP- June 29, 2014

20/6/14 Today we are announcing our general ecclesial conference, the Antiochian Conference which will be held here at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand ... Read More

OCA Holy Synod holds summer meeting

OCP- June 29, 2014

June 2014 The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America held a summer meeting at the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Canada, ... Read More

Regular session of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Synod takes place in Kiev

OCP- June 21, 2014

June 2014 On 19 June 2014, a session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church took place in the Synodal Hall of the ... Read More

Our aim to sustain the Catholicity (Universality) of the Syriac Orthodox Church: Patriarch of Antioch and all the East

OCP- June 7, 2014

June 2014 His Holiness The Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Ephrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East said his main aim is to sustain ... Read More

The complex of new Cathedral of Tirana “Resurrection of Christ”, the Synodical and the Cultural Centre

OCP- June 3, 2014

The Albanian Orthodox Church - June 2014 The complex of the new Cathedral of Tirana “Resurrection of Christ” is made up of the following buildings: ... Read More

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church meets for regular session in St. Petersburg

OCP- May 31, 2014

31/5/14 On 30 May 2014, the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was opened under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch ... Read More

Decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

OCP- May 24, 2014

May 2014 On 22 May 2014, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and took ... Read More

Orthodox Church of Cyprus Lashes Out Against Gay Pride

OCP- May 20, 2014

May 2014 The Holy Synod, the highest decision-making body of the Christian-Orthodox Church in Cyprus, made a statement lashing out against homosexuality, after activists announced ... Read More

The Church of Antioch Has Broken Communion with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

OCP- May 2, 2014

5/2/14 The Church of Antioch has unanimously decided to suspend communion and not to commemorate Patriarch Theophilos in the ecclesiastical diptychs. April 30, 2014. PRAVMIR. ... Read More

Catholicos Baselios Paulose II Conveys Prayerful Wishes to the Syriac Orthodox Church

OCP- April 4, 2014

March - April 2014 Indian Malankara Orthodox Church  and the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and All East Greetings Letter and wishes send to the ... Read More

New hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church elected

OCP- March 27, 2014

March 2014 At the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, held on March  19, 2014, at St. Daniel’s Monastery in Moscow, ... Read More